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When Paul and Shirley Watson moved south from Wellington they wanted to build themselves a forever home that would be cheap to run and comfortable to live in as they got older. So instead of buying a standard new home, they chose to build a single-storey ‘superhome’ that maximises natural solar gain through large triple-glazed…
If you are toying with the idea of getting an electric vehicle, then make sure you visit Te Pae Convention Centre this weekend for the Take Charge Christchurch Expo. More than 50 battery electric vehicles will be on display at the two-day expo, which has been organised by Christchurch City Council to showcase the growing…
Nearly 9000 people went to Te Pae at the weekend to get a close look at the latest in battery electric vehicle technology at the Council’s Take Charge Christchurch Expo. The Christchurch event was the biggest of its kind and the first in the country to bring the vehicles of so many manufacturers together in…
Ever wondered what it would be like to live completely off the grid, far away from civilisation? Kiwi adventurer and author of the best-selling book, The Boy from Gorge River, Chris Long, has had his fair share of experience in remote living and has more than a few stories to tell. He will be sharing…
Ever wondered what it would be like to live completely off the grid, far away from civilisation? Kiwi adventurer and author of the best-selling book, The Boy from Gorge River, Chris Long, has had his fair share of experience in remote living and has more than a few stories to tell. He will be sharing…
An energy efficiency initiative that Christchurch City Council helped fund has slashed the power bills of hundreds of local residents. Earlier this year the Council approved a grant of just under $50,000, through its Sustainability Fund, for a trial of local company Ecobulb Limited’s Kiwi Home Energy Saver KnowHow Initiative. The initiative provides targeted support…
Christchurch will lead the charge towards cleaner forms of transport next month by hosting the county’s biggest public display of new battery electric vehicles. Christchurch City Council has organised the Take Charge Christchurch Expo to showcase the latest and greatest in battery electric vehicles and to give people a chance to see first-hand the vehicle…
A solar array 50 times larger than any other in New Zealand is going to be created on Christchurch Airport-owned land in Harewood. Christchurch Airport has announced that it is committing 400 hectares of its Harewood campus to Kōwhai Park – a new platform for generating renewable energy at scale to enable businesses to transition…
What would the world be like if you could get most of what you need for everyday life within a 15-minute walk or bike ride? That is one of the questions that will be explored this weekend as part of the last events in the Christchurch Conversations: Towards 2030 series. The series, in which Christchurch…
At 12 years of age Jordan Wilson is the youngest person to be granted a temporary land use licence for Christchurch’s Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor regeneration area. His vision of creating a community garden was given the green light by Toitū Te Whenua/ Land Information New Zealand in July. Since that time a number of…
A Brighton group dedicated to helping people sew is expanding after a $4000 grant from the Coastal-Burwood Community Board Strengthening Communities Fund. Stitch-O-Mat New Brighton provides a learning space, equipment and fabric for people in the community to create their own projects, repair or mend items or learn to sew with a facilitator on hand…
The switch to a more energy-efficient form of street lighting in Christchurch is saving ratepayers over $1.5 million a year in electricity and maintenance costs. Importantly, it is also reducing the city’s carbon footprint. “We are working to convert all of the city’s street lights to LEDs (light-emitting diodes) because they are more energy efficient,…
Tenants of a new community housing development in south Christchurch are set to benefit from an innovative onsite e-bike and electric car share scheme. The Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT) is going to offer tenants at its new 90-home Brougham Street development in Sydenham access to two Nissan Leaf cars and five electric bikes in a…
Electricity distributor Orion, which is partly owned by Christchurch City Council, has committed to achieving carbon neutrality for corporate emissions by June 2022. It is the first electricity company in New Zealand to commit to this ambitious target. The commitment is eight years ahead of the Council’s goal for council-owned companies to achieve carbon neutrality…